While the students were busy putting out the fire, Yu Tong slinked past them.
The system made not a peep as Yu Tong reassured it not to worry; he was skilled at starting fires.
Taking a deep drag of smoke, the system asked softly: 【Why are you so good at these kinds of things?】
This time, Yu Tong remained silent.
It was unknown what Yun Mingchen was up to, but over an hour passed, and he still had yet to show up.
As Yu Tong was about to leave the dormitory area, he heard a commotion behind him, as if the students were searching for the student president’s cat.
The Imperial First Immortal Cultivation Academy was vast, and the system didn’t have a real-time tracking map of the antagonist’s location.
Yu Tong’s body was only three months old. To him, finding Yun Mingchen in the academy was like finding a needle in a haystack.
He thought it would be better to wait for someone to bring him over rather than searching everywhere himself.
Before setting the fire, Yu Tong took a shower in the bathroom. Now, he had no blood stains on him, only ash and watermarks, so no one could tell he was a cat who killed.
As the student club members searched for the student president’s cat, one of them turned his head and saw a dirty little cat lying in the bushes not far away.
He squatted down to take a picture and sent it to the club president, asking, 【Is this your cat?】
There was a moment of silence before a message came through: 【He’s too dirty to tell. My cat is very clever. If you call him Xixi, he will respond.】
【If he doesn’t respond, please help me take him away. Take him to the pet hospital to see if he’s injured. He looks only a few months old, and I’m worried he might get sick from the fire.】
The student union member sighed at how gentle and kind-hearted the student president was, then crouched at the edge of the bushes, calling out, “Xixi, come out! Meow~ meow~.”
Yu Tong reluctantly walked out, and the male student lifted him with a face of delighted surprise.
With two paws resting on the male student’s chest, Yu Tong glanced at his phone screen.
Today, luck was on his side; the male student happened to be chatting with Yun Mingchen.
Male Student: 【President, should I take him to the nearby pet hospital for a check-up and a bath?】
President Yun: 【The barrier hasn’t been opened yet, and we don’t know when we can leave. Could you please take care of him for me?】
Male Student: 【Of course, President. How’s the situation over there?】
President Yun: 【It’s not very optimistic, but don’t worry, we’ll handle this barrier situation.】
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Last night, monsters attacked the school, killing thirteen students in one go, with two alchemy cultivators, one male and one female, going missing.
This morning, Concentration Stage teachers went out to search for the monsters on campus.
The members of the Meditation Stage Student Union led by Yun Mingchen searched for the missing alchemy cultivators within the school. The members of the Body Refinement Stage stayed in the dormitory area to maintain order.
Following the remaining clues, when they tracked to the back mountain of the academy, a dense fog suddenly enveloped the area.
It was an advanced array, and Yun Mingchen and the others hadn’t found a way out yet, so they could only wait for an array specialty teacher to come and help.
The teachers chased the monsters into an underground secret realm and wouldn’t return for another hour.
Although the fog wouldn’t harm people, traps would occasionally appear within it. Avoiding these traps caused the members of the student union to become separated in the fog.
They could communicate via their phones, but the fog was thick to the point where they couldn’t see their hands in front of their faces, and it also blocked sound. So even with their phones, they couldn’t find each other.
At this moment, Yun Mingchen was alone, searching for the scattered members in the fog.
Yu Tong couldn’t shake the feeling that something was fishy about the fog. He nudged the system, ‘Little Eight, Little Eight, was this part of the original novel?’
The system was still immersed in the shock of its innocent-looking host possibly being a murderer and arsonist in his past life.
It mechanically responded, 【Yes, but it was just briefly mentioned. The original novel is too long, so it’s normal if you didn’t catch anything. The fog storyline is interspersed with the male lead’s daily life. He heard about it from others and wasn’t personally involved.】
【It’s probably about the student union being trapped in the fog, Yun Mingchen being attacked and seriously injured, and then contracting some lingering illness that slows down his cultivation progress. Because of this incident, the antagonist becomes more extreme and beastly.】
Yu Tong listened, feeling stunned. ‘I’ve read through all the original story plots for this week, and this part wasn’t there.’
【Yeah, because this part was sandwiched between the flower-picking thief incident and the male lead destroying the monster’s lair to then become the new male god of the academy.】
The system checked the original novel and said, 【Hmm… the flower-picking thief and the monster destruction incidents are about three or four days apart. Right now, there are over ten days before the flower-picking incident happens.】
‘Did the plot happen earlier than expected?’
The system hummed in agreement, 【That’s very normal. Words are static, but the worlds they generate are dynamic. When we’re on missions, we often encounter worlds where the plot breaks apart.】
Yun Mingchen was still in the thick fog and potentially faced danger at any moment. As an elite system, 8102 knew the situation was urgent.
Based on the clues from the original novel, it quickly drew a map to the back mountain. Yu Tong got hold of the map, ready to jump out of the male cultivator’s embrace.
The male student was still chatting with Yun Mingchen, and Yu Tong happened to see their conversation.
Male Student: 【Someone posted surveillance footage on the forum, saying the president picked up this little cat on the road.】
President Yun: 【Yeah, it was very small and looked pitiful.】
Male Student: 【President, you’re so gentle. Actually, I’ve always admired you. It’s a pity I’m not a girl – otherwise, I would want to be your dao companion.】
President Yun: 【Thank you for your admiration.】
Male Student: 【President, the name you gave the kitten is really cute. Why Xixi? Does it have any special meaning?】
Male Student: 【President?】
Male Student: 【President, are you okay?】
Male Student: 【President?】
Yu Tong: ……
Stop texting, the president won’t respond anyway. Yun Mingchen wanted to maintain his perfect persona, and such a person wouldn’t go spewing out the word “Dogshit”.
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Using his special skill “Cat Pounce”, Yu Tong broke free from the male cultivator’s grasp and, following the map provided by the system, ran towards the back mountain of the academy.
The back mountain housed a medicinal herb plantation and a seclusion area, with a restricted area deep within the mountain that was usually off-limits to students.
As Yu Tong leaped and sprinted tirelessly, reaching deep into the back mountain, all he saw was a tall wire fence erected with warning signs prohibiting entry.
He circled the area but couldn’t find any fog nearby.
The system helped him analyze the situation in his mind, attempting to prove its capability as an elite system.
【I think the antagonist is quite clever. The monster attack on the students, could it be orchestrated by him? What if the fog incident was also staged by the antagonist?】
Yu Tong shook his head decisively. ‘No, Yun Mingchen’s extensive defensive systems on the cat cage indicate that he knew beforehand about the male servant’s intention to harm the cat. If I were him, I would wait until the situation with the male servant is over before staging the fog incident.’
‘Otherwise, these two incidents could easily collide, and with a slight slip-up, Mr. Wen and others lurking in the shadows would see through his useless young master mask.’
The system thought he made sense. 【It seems like the fog incident was an unexpected situation, outside of the antagonist’s plan. So, when are you planning to enter the forest? Should we wander around some more?】
Yu Tong was about to say that wandering around the restricted area of the back mountain was meaningless due to its vast size.
But as the words were on the tip of his tongue, he suddenly thought of something.
All his speculations were based on the assumption that Yun Mingchen couldn’t rely on his own abilities to break out of or control the fog.
Let’s say the array was actually set up by the antagonist; Yun Mingchen could easily walk out of the fog. Then, for him, there would be no conflict between the male servant killing the kitten and the fog incident.
He could find a way to separate the members of the student union, giving himself a chance to act alone. Then, upon receiving the alert from the defensive array on the cage, he could quickly return to the dormitory area.
Last night, when monsters killed people in the dormitory area, their appearance disrupted the surveillance there. When the male servant tried killing the cat, it happened to be when the students were attending morning classes.
At that time, there was neither surveillance nor people in the dormitory area, as the teachers were all out chasing monsters. Even if Yun Mingchen returned, he wouldn’t be discovered.
With his cultivation level, he could easily hide in a corner and quietly observe the situation inside the dormitory.
Yu Tong shared his speculation with the system.
8102 was startled. 【Damn, that sinister? You sure you aren’t overthinking?】
Yu Tong nervously scratched at the tree bark with his small paws. ‘It’s just my speculation.’
【Don’t scare yourself. According to your theory, there would have to be fog before the male servant attempted to kill the cat.】
The elite system blew smoke rings, analyzing seriously. 【Didn’t you just see the chat log? The array teacher will come back to deal with the fog soon. The antagonist can’t predict the future, so how would he know that the male servant would kill the cat in the morning? What if the servant planned to kill at night, or before the fog came? Then his plan would be ruined.】
Yu Tong breathed a sigh of relief.
8102 made sense; he was just too nervous.
Yu Tong straightened up again and walked toward the restricted area, tail held high.
The moment he entered the restricted area, he suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if something was watching him from behind.
Yu Tong swiftly turned around.
There wasn’t anyone behind him, only the silence of the forest, and his bristling cat tail.
After assuring himself that there was no danger, Yu Tong raised a paw and pressed down on his tail.
Stay calm, no need to puff up. You gave me quite a start.
Yu tong is so cute lol
Thank you for the chapters! ❤
Kitty Yu Tong in at the end is so cute when he was telling his poor puffed up tail to go back down!! 😍🥰😍🥰😍🥰
Thanks for the chapters!!!
Look at that puffed tail! And also does anybody what kind of cat he is? I completely forgot.
I need more of this 🙏🙏 thank you for the update
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Thanks for all the chapters
Wait!!!! There’s only 13 chapters yet?! I thought there was 23 that’s why I click it despite knowing it’s still not complete 😭🤧 I should’ve mistaken the number of chapters other novel🤧, and I can’t sleep because I want to read what happened next huhuhu😭
Thank you for the chapter